Juan dragged an almost dead Ace in his human form to the place that Master Leo had ordered him to bring. He looked down at the struggling to breathe alpha and sighed," I warned you in the very beginning, did I not? I told you taking her in would harm you and so you should not have taken her in. If you had not given her asylum then you never would have bonded with her so well. And then maybe one part of your soul could have been saved." Juan huffed as he climbed the mountain's slope and continued to talk," I decided to follow you because you were so powerful when you killed your own father... I thought you would rule the world and I would be able to serve you. I have never really been much ambitious, you know. Isn't that why you trusted me to begin with, overlooking your own visions which spoke of me being evil? Anyway, this is what you get for preferring the greater good over your own good sense. But, don't you worry. I have been loyal to you for the most part. I did not tell the mas

While Juan and Crystal ran forward, Leo stepped back. laughing maniacally, he held the dagger up, looking down at Crystal frantically trying to stop the flow of blood from Ace's stomach having forgotten about him. how foolish. Looking down at hwr, he raised the dagger again. Better to kill both his opponents than risk leaving someone behind for revenge. Anyway, he had no intention of living in the shadows anymore."Ahhhh!" With a scream, he launched the dagger again to push into his bqfk, when Ace moved again. Using his o2j momentum, Ace turned Leo's weistnl inwardsb, causing g him to be impaled on the dagger.A shocked scream escaped his lips and he tried to get up but Ace simply pushed him down, letting the dagger dig in deeper.As Leo's desperate cries echoed in the cave, it started to shake and small pieces of rocks started to fall. Worried about the cave collapsing, Juan spoke,"Alpha, Luna, we need to escape. This cave is filled with Leo's magic and if we do not escape then we wi

Slapping the ice pack on her hand which was bruised due to the thick-boned Nate, Crystal banged shut the room to her door. She did not want any coronation. Nor did she want to be queen. If someone had asked her what she wanted more peace or her mate, she would have chosen peace. But now that she knew what it was like to be without a mate, she knew she should have been selfish and chosen Ace. She missed him so much. Nothing in the world seemed to hold anything interesting. She felt like an old woman and she was only twenty... Closing her eyes to stop the tears from falling, she mind-linked with Teacher Kai," Any update?" She could hear the man's frustrated inhalation of breath as he spoke sarcastically, "I am doing quite well, Luna. Thank you. How are you?" A small smile graced hr face before disappearing again. Teacher Kai was the only one who treated her the same like the past. Mateo and Nate usually were on pins and needles around her, expecting her to maybe suddenly go feral. We

Crystal stood staring at the glowing entrance of the cave. After 'borrowing' a witch from the old witch's coven, who could move anything with telepathy, Crystal ordered Kai to get rid of any and all human or other bystanders around the vicinity. When the witch moved the boulder, she did not need spectators or casualties to whatever may occur once that fire was allowed to escape. Holding the carved wooden box in her hand, she let her fingers caress it once before she ordered," Open it, witch." The crown on her own head glittered, reflecting the deep red of the fire. As the sweat started to bead on the witch's head, the big stone started to roll over. But it had barely moved when the fire inside seemed to roar to life, billowing outwards. The witch keeled over, having lost the strength to move anymore. Crystal looked at the witch with concern and as she would have contacted Juan, a voice sounded," The daughter of Selene. Welcome." Stiffening at the mocking voice, Crystal clenched her

"Luna Crystal! Please tell me what deal you struck with Goddess Indiva to get her to return Alpha Ace?" Finally, irritated with the man's whining who seemed to have caught this topic between his teeth, she spoke," I gave her the ancient crown, did I not?" "No! Goddess Indiva would never let go of a soul for a piece of metal! She thrives on collecting powerful souls!" "It doesn't matter what I promised her! What matters is that I have no intention of fulfilling the promise! And she will not be able to do anything about it! So you better concentrate on getting Ace all well again instead of being a worry worm!" Juan sighed deeply and rubbed his head. He still firmly supported that offering asylum to Crystal Snowheart, was the biggest foolishness his alpha had done. In fact, she should be named Crystal Troublemaker! "I have already given him what he needs and the rest will be done by Doyen. But I will not let this bit go, Luna Crystal. I have to know what it is that she wants. Haven't